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Backback: III
ByThis recording, a follow up to their self-titled debut in 2006, is a crammed excursion at just 36 minutes. III features nine brief tracks (the longest at 5 minutes), but is nonetheless fulfilling.
Their recipe consists of squeezing music from the contrasting sharpness of guitar and the bluntness of the baritone saxophone, all fueled by the dynamo of Barcella's drum kit. He pushes the happenings ever forward, drilling his mates on "Heat," part surf rondo, part speed jam. The trio can trawl a slow blues "Tautavel," blend math/rock with a New Orleans groove "Rumble," or cook a blues ballad "Anneke" with a congruous convincing argument.
The more open pieces, like "128" and "Outro" demonstrate their improvising skills. Maybe it's De Maeseneer's switch to tenor that cues the band to open their books and work away from the written notes. The latter piece edges into dream-like atmospheres of circular breathing saxophone and bowed guitar. All very cosmic, and all very satisfyingly enigmatic.
Track Listing
Joe; Black; Heat; Tautavel; Stoepestraat; Anneke; 128; Rumble; Outro.
Personnel
Filip Wauters: electric guitar, baritone guitar, lapsteel guitar; Marc De Maeseneer: baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone; Giovanni Barcella: drums, korg.
Album information
Title: III | Year Released: 2015 | Record Label: El Negocito Records
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